Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-04
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
Stylish Fabrics and Gowns Recently
Placed on Exhibition.

Stylish Fabrics and Gowns Recently
Placed on Exhibition.
Square and oblong buckles of various
precious metals, set with pearls, gar
nets, Rhine stones or jet, are worn
with velvet dog collars or as epaulet
clasps with excellent effect A beauti-
full evening toilet of white surah dotted
with silver silk has wide sash of plain
white surah. The bodice is plain over
half-high vest of lace. A portion of
this sash is draped over the bodice,
being gathered in at each shoulder and
run through slide of silver set with
pearls and diamond clippings. There
are pins to match TO be worn in the
hair. A second dress of dove-gray
tulle showed the drapings caught up
with slender silver leaves in finest fill
gree powdered with diamond dust A
carriage dress of golden-brown faille
and velvet is deliberately decorated
with sequins, buckles and agrafes of
real gold and bronze in old medal de-
signs. The three gowns mentioned are
for bride.
Among the novel fabrics in corduroys
are silk and wool patterns which are
said to be very popular in Paris and
London. One imported costume, made
at West End house in London, shows
petticoat of heliotrope corduroy, with
stripe of plush and satin in pale lilac.
Above this is tunic of plain hello
trope cloth, with slight decorations of
the striped corduroy on the collar and
sleeves. Another in fawn-colored cor
,duroy is striped with green and scarlet
velvet. The jacket opens over vest
of the stripe, and is made of plain
fawn-colored corduroy, with hand
some beadwork down each side of the
front, wrought in cashmere colors,
matched to those in the stripe.
The importers windows are crowded
with elegant fancies in silk cord APP
plique, galloons and rare and novel de-
vices in gimp and passementerie Of
all kinds. Some of the open-work
fabrics for dinner and carriage gowns
are made to initiate elaborate Indian
embroideries, and on silken textiles.
Much of the handiwork is in sequins,
beads and pendants of various sorts,
and the numerous small wraps, fronts
of dresses, side panels and peplums are
elegantly decorated with these trim
mings, most of which are new in pat.
tern, very attractive to look at, and ex'
pensive to purchase.
4 Some of the new dust cloaks for sum
mer wear are very handsome and
stylish. Others look as if designed
merely as an excuse for the buying o.
a novel wrap. Those of very pale
hued silk. lined with pink or blue, ar,
of this class = Among the really usefu
models lately exhibited, were thos,
of dove gray or beige mohair, cash
mere and armure stuffs. Another wa,
made Of fawn-colored canvas, extreme
| ly fine in quality and of close Newman
ket shape in the back, with semi-loos,
fronts buttoned to the waist and Their,
| tied with brown satin ribbon. A sor
of trellis pattern in golden-brown sill
formed a delicate woven stripe dow
the fronts, on the collar and sleeves
and edges Of the pointed hood. Thi
wrap. while stylish, was certainly eff
fective as means Of protection agains
dust, and the color. would not shov
very quickly any clinging marks of tn
same, as a thorough shaking after
dusty journey would quickly remov
every particle which had adhered ts
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